Friday, February 15, 2008
Pro-Line Pre-mounted 1:18 Truck Tires Categories - Pro Line, Tires, Off Road, Products - comments closed 
Pro-Line have announced the release of the pre-mounted 1:18 Bow-Tie, Dirt Hawg, and Road Rage tires on white Wabash wheels. The high strength, ultra durable Wabash wheels add character and style without sacrificing performance, while the new pre-mounts are installed with Pro-Line’s Premium Blend Team CA for a secure, worry free bond and are backed with Pro-Line quality. Whether you are looking for the ultra-responsive forward bite and super-consistent side bite with the Bow-Tie, thrashing and bashing with the Dirt Hawg or enhance performance with the Road Rage, Pro-Line has a tire for you.
Source: Pro Line [prolineracing.com]
Adams Racing Limited is a new UK based manufacturer of high performance foam tires who mold and machine their own tires, guaranteeing consistent all round properties. Coming pre mounted, they are placed on their own design wheels and the resulting 1/10th Electric Gecko tyres have achieved outstanding results in recent UK 1/18th scale BRCA Micro Nationals. The claimed improvement traction is said to be achieved with better and more consistent wear as well as better chunk resistance and ARL have just recently announced that it will produce its own line of 1/10th Gecko tires for 200mm gas racing.
Source: ARL [adamsracing.co.uk]
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Losi buggy & truggy tires by GRP Categories - Team Losi, Tires, Off Road, Products - comments closed
The partnership between Losi and GRP goes beyond distribution and team drivers with the announcement of a complete line of 1/8th scale buggy and truggy tires developed for optimum performance by Losi engineers in conjunction with the Italian tire company. Each tire utilizes a custom molded insert, which provides even response and greater use of the full tread pattern, while the pre mounted versions use GRP’s innovative gluing process to ensures that they stick to the yellow Losi high performance wheels, even under the harshest of conditions. Available in Cubic and Grip patterns for truggies and Jolly, Cubic, Cubic Max and Atomic patterns for buggies.
Source: Losi [losi.com]
Monday, February 11, 2008
JConcepts Force 1 Tire Inserts Categories - JConcepts, Tires, Off Road, Products - comments closed
JConcepts have released the Force-1, a medium hardness molded 1/8th buggy insert that is perfect for any 1/8th buggy tire or wheel combination. The Force-1 insert incorporates a superior medium density material with a unique manufacturing process to ensure consistency and insert longevity.
Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Venom Forty-Five 1/8 Tire & Insert Categories - Venom, Tires, Off Road, Products - comments closed
The Venom Group have released their Voltage Forty-Fives, a high performance 1/8th scale buggy race tire. Featuring a wide 45mm contact patch and an asymmetrical 45 degree outside pin row design that allows you to tune your buggy for optimal traction depending on how the tire is mounted onto the wheel. The molded 45 degree pins save you countless hours of prep time usually spent trimming square pins to tune the tires. Designed with chassis geometry in mind, the tapered anti-ballooning rib design keys into the included Venom Griplox molded foam inserts for quicker steering response, sure footed traction and an enhanced feel. The signature “V” sidewall ribbing increases lateral support under extreme conditions while the tread pattern provides maximum forward bite on a wide variety of surfaces.
Source: Venom [venom-group.com]
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
JConcepts Goose Bumps Tires Categories - JConcepts, Tires, Off Road, Products - comments closed 
JConcepts have announced the March release of their Goose Bumps tires in both blue and yellow compound for use on truggies. The totally unique step pin and bar lug design combined with sticky compounds allow even greater control on slightly loamy and wet conditions. Designed for maximum performance when new or used as the design allows even wear all the way down to the tire body and once the driver wears through the initial pin, a bar follows to maximize potential on aggressive surfaces.
Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Losi Mounted XTT Truggy tires Categories - Team Losi, Tires, Off Road, Products - comments closed
Soon to be available from Losi are these pre mounted and glued blue compound 1/8th scale XTT Truggy tires. Tire gluing is a time consuming pain in the neck and get it wrong and have to deal with the embarrassment of your tire flying off while on track. These new pre mounts are supplied with foam inserts that have been developed specifically for the rigors of off-road racing and you can choose to have the XTT tires pre glued to your choice of white or yellow racing wheels.
Source: Horizon Hobby [horizonhobby.com]
Sunday, January 27, 2008
RB Speedline range of Tires Categories - RB Products, Tires, On Road, Products - comments closed 
French company RB Products, better known for their engines, will release their own range of on road foam tires under the Speedline brand. Available pre glued and trued they seem to be currently only available for 1/8th and 1/10th scale gas cars, but beyond that little else is known. We will bring you more information after RB make the official announcement.
Source: Yome 3000 [yome3000.com]
